Jennifer and Pat Garner’s Pretend Cooking Show on Instagram is a treasure trove of southern cooking and homestyle food, and sweet reminders to phone home. A favorite for cozy days and comfort food cravings is her Grandmom’s famous cornbread recipe, passed down over generations. Sweet, savory, with butter, or with BBQ, make Jennifer & Pat’s homestyle cornbread in just thirty minutes!
“This cornbread takes no time at all, is incredibly forgiving, and is an every other day staple at my house: perfect to fill in a dinner, perfect for a snack, perfect for breakfast. Plus, it tastes like home. I hope you love it as much as I do.”
—Jennifer Garner
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Grandmom’s Homestyle Cornbread, by Patricia Garner
Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- ¾ cup cornmeal
- ¼ cup flour
- 1 rounded tsp baking powder
- ¼ rounded tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
Directions
Step 1. Set oven to 450℉. Pour oil into a heavy skillet and put that in the oven.
Step 2. Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
Step 3. Add egg to the mixture and enough buttermilk until the batter is thinner than pancake batter.
Step 4. VERY carefully take the skillet out of the oven and pour oil into batter.
Step 5. Mix the batter and pour it into the hot skillet.
Step 6. Return to the oven and bake. Watch carefully after 10 minutes, until brown.
Step 7. “Yum.” Pat Garner says eat with butter, but you can try it with a favorite soup or BBQ, adding in herbs and spices, or as a sweet treat with cinnamon and honey.
“I call my mom every time I make cornbread—even though I’ve written the recipe in every notebook, even though I am sure I could toss it together in my sleep. Maybe watching this will show you why, perhaps, I just like to call my mom.”
–Jennifer Garner
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